Golf

#6 Bobcat Golf Takes Title at SpringHill Intercollegiate

Sep 14, 2010

FLORENCE, S.C. – The No. 6 Georgia
College & State University golf team led all three rounds of
the 2010 SpringHill Suites Intercollegiate, clobbering the field by
18 strokes to take the team title at 16-under par, carding rounds
of 280, 282 and 286 for the win. Thirteen of the 15 teams in this
week's tourney compete in the NCAA's Division I.

Senior Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.) put up
a field-low 70 today, finishing one stroke off the individual
title. Shida finished eight under par (70-68-70=208). He was best
in the field on par-four holes, averaging 3.83 strokes.

Sophomore Patrick Garrett (Kennesaw, Ga.)
finished third overall at the par-72, 7,062-yard Country Club of
South Carolina course, carding a 210 at six under par (67-71-72).
Garrett was six under on par fives for the three rounds, averaging
4.50 on the longer holes.

Freshman Gavin Harper (Twin City, Ga.) took
advantage of his first career start, bookending a pair of 71s
around a 72. Harper finished sixth at two-under par 214.

The Bobcats beat UT-Chattanooga by 18 strokes, and third place
Furman University by 22. The only other Division II program in the
tournament, fellow Peach Belt Conference (PBC) competitor USC
Aiken, took 10th.

Chattanooga's Chris Robb took the individual title,
posting a 66, 69 and 72 for nine-under.

The Bobcats are back in action Sept. 27-28 at the Sandestin
Collegiate Championship in Destin, Fla.

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